{"id":11765,"date":"2019-03-24T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T19:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11765"},"modified":"2019-03-24T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T19:55:57","slug":"my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-24th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/24\/my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-24th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week in Wrestling (week ending 24th March)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

@WynterStorm24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kofi Kingston storyline has been amazing so far.\nMyself and a lot of other non-white fans have been dissecting and analyzing the\nnuanced way the story is being told. And Big E\u2019s little promo was icing on the\ncake, especially when he said \u201cpeople like us\u201d. That video, and the storyline\nitself, has really resonated with a lot of us in a way that we don\u2019t normally\nget. Of course lots of people are determined to miss the point but we expected\nthat. I hope there\u2019s a great payoff for this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extreme Rules is a go! My friend and I locked in a\nhotel and car rental. All we\u2019re waiting on is the tickets to go on sale. I\u2019m\nhoping to take my Raw women\u2019s belt with me, though I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll put\nSasha or Charlotte\u2019s plates on it yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been on a weird AJ Styles kick lately, even\nthough I\u2019ve been ragging on his hair lately. Not only have I been watching\nstuff on the Network and on Youtube, I actually found my old digital cameras\nwith recordings from his matches. I\u2019ve gotten to see him wrestle live on two\ncontinents and for three different promotions. Maybe I\u2019m in my feelings because\na guy told me I was a bandwagon fan? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And lastly, my friend and I decided to get drunk while\nwe watched basketball games and I ended up shopping for wrestling merch. I\nchecked my orders this morning and it turns out I ordered a Charlotte Flair\npop, a wrestling book, and two Marty Scurll shirts. At least I don\u2019t get myself\nin trouble?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@Iwanmack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week started off with my annual trip to Wolverhampton\nfor Fight Club: Pro as part of my front row season ticket, full thoughts on the\nshow can be found at this website, but in summary; I got to see the Besties in\nthe World and GYV again, so yay!
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\nThen on Sunday, I took myself to the IPW show at the ResGal just to see MJF as\nwell as a few favourites of mine. I was going to write a full review for it but\ntruth be told there wasn’t a lot to write home about and the turnout of the\nevent further shows IPW decline in popularity as most of the crowd were London\nLucha League trainees. Some really good wrestling though, in the forms of\nM&M vs Pretty Deadly and MJF vs Kip Sabian, which are worth watching when\nthere released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@tvtimelimit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I seem inundated with projects at the moment, which isn\u2019t\nnecessarily a bad thing. What it does mean is that I am dipping my toes in and\nabout a variety of different stuff that hopefully will build towards more\nsubstantive projects over time. Amongst the potential ideas is a sequence of\narticles looking at the Death of WCW, one focusing primarily on the action on\nthe television shows and PPVs more so than the stuff that was happening behind\nthe scene. Whilst it is a well-trod path, a more in depth look at the bell to\nbell offerings of the promotion should be interesting for reader and writer\nalike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting in my \u2018to watch\u2019 pile is a Jerry Lawler versus\nHarley Race time limit draw from 1977 that went sixty minutes. As it is part of\nan ongoing attempt to catalogue the Memphis footage that is out there, it is a\nneeds must situation, but I\u2019m almost sceptical as to my own ability to watch a\nmatch that lasts that long these days. I\u2019ve almost conditioned myself to enjoy\nmatches that rarely go past twenty, so I\u2019ll be interested to see whether the\ntwo men put on something that will excite me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of excited, that Memphis project also saw me watch\nJerry Lawler versus Bill Dundee from 1977, a match during their epic first feud\nthat saw cars, titles and many different people\u2019s hair end up on the line as\nthey met a ridiculous number of times over the summer. This seems to be the\nonly match that still exists on tape and it is great stuff. Dundee and Lawler\ndon\u2019t mess around and everything looked realistic enough. In this match, Dundee\ndefeated Lawler, but Lawler would eventually win the feud, leaving Bill and\nBill\u2019s wife Beverley both bald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m steeling myself for Wrestlemania Weekend. With access to\naround twenty-five shows at minimum, I will have a lot of wrestling to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@RoxBlackburn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things are speeding up on the road to Wrestlemania. The card\nfor Takeover is amazing and I’m delighted to see the NXTUK Championship being\ndefended at the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wrestlemania card is coming together but you can’t help\nbut notice a couple of things are missing. Firstly, what are they going to do\nwith the Intercontinental Title? Speculation around Demon v Deadman has been\nput to rest, as we understand The Undertaker isn’t scheduled for any WWE\nappearances until the next Saudi show. So will be see Demon Balor take on\nLashley? Perhaps. And where is John Cena? There is a huge part of me that wants\nhim to come out at ‘Mania, flatly refuse Kurt Angle’s last match to be against\nBaron Corbin and somehow, take his place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m really excited to review ‘Mania with Wynter and CB. As\nI’m watching live, I’ll be live tweeting and taking over Instagram during the\nevent. Be sure to follow PW Journal across all our social media platforms for\nfun and shenanigans! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finally got around to seeing Fighting With My Family this\nweek too. I absolutely loved it and Paige’s story is told beautifully\nthroughout. There’s a wonderful line it which says, “Just because a\nmillion people aren’t cheering your name doesn’t make what you’re doing any\nless important.” Wise words!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@TheCiaranJames<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My week started off very well, on\nSunday 17th March I travelled to Newport in South Wales to watch Dragon Pro\nWrestling. The card featured a mixture of young promising Dragon Pro trainees,\nand established UK talent. Their was a fantastic mixture of styles, characters\nand talent, there were three title changes and again Dragon Pro produced a very\ngood wrestling show. The evening ended on a happy note when fan favourite Beano\ndefeated current All Wales Champion Mike Bird in 25 man Royal Rumble Match, the\naudience were ecstatic when he finally eliminated Bird. My full review can be\nfound following the link http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/21\/dragon-pro-wrestling-presents-organised-chaos-the-review\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following that my week in wrestling was\nmade up of listening to the amazingly experienced PWTorch staff, reading the\ngreat reviews and editorial @ PWJ and laughing at WWE’s attempts to not make\nWrestleMania look like a complete joke. Raw has been booked so badly for the\nlast 5 years that this years showcase event feels like just another PPV (Although\nI will stay up and watch<\/em>)  What should have been the hottest women’s\nsingles match in history, has been built into a complex, overly-booked mess. I\nnow want Charlotte win and for Ronda\/Becky to left in the rear view. We had the\ndisappointment of Kurt Angle’s retirement match opponent, Seth waiting for the\ncamera to be at the right angle before hitting Drew, then being distracted by\nsomeone appearing fifty meters away, subsequently losing the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The less said about the racial\novertones of the Vince\/Kofi feud the better, again another contrived mess by\nWWE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My passion for the sport of\nprofessional wrestling was saved by catching up on the NJCup, and watching NXT.\nThe New Japan Cup has already thrown up some MOTY contenders already. For me\nIshii vs Nagata and  Ibushi vs ZSJ were beautiful matches in their own\nright, both matches were uniquely different yet both ticked all the boxes for\nperfect wrestling contests. Many fans have commented that NJPW isn’t the same\nwithout Kenny, Cody and the Bucks, but for the less focus on them has produced\na better wrestling product and allowed others to shine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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